Adjustable shower nozzle



Sept. 9, 1924.

E. cxRcLE w ADJUSTABLE SHOWER NozzLE Filed June 13, 1922 l",l /W /Z f z5 /ff 'i '-msmm' v I1/wanton attowmg Patented Sept., 9, 1924.

entre stares! EVERETT CRCLE, OF COALTQN, OKLAHOMA.

,ADJUSTABLE SHOWER NOZZLE.

Application filed June 13, 1922. Serial No. 567,897.

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, Eviinn'rr CIRCLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coalton, in the county of Glrmulgee, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shower Nozzles; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in spraying devices and particularly to spraying used in connection with shower baths.

One object of vthe invention is to provide a nozzle for use as a bath spraying device which is arranged to heat the water by means of steam, as the water passes through the nozzle.

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein the discharge end of the nozzle is provided with novel means for regulating the flow of water therefrom, and wherein the water is more finely broken, to form a spray, before issuing from the mouth of the nozzle.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the bath spraying nozzle.

Figure 2 is an end view looking into the mouth of the nozzle.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal central sectional view through the nozzle.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the body of the nozzle, which has the internally threaded ends 11 and 12, and the lateral internally threaded nipple 13. Screwed into the upper nipple or end 11 is the steam injector cone 14, and screwed upwardly, into the lower end 12, is the upper end of the tube 15. This upper end of the tube has its inner wall outwardly flared, as shown at 16, for the. reception of the steam cone 14, the latter, however, being spaced from said flared wall, to permit passage of water into the tube, as it enters the body 10, through the nipple 13. The tube 15 has a wrench engaging flange 17 which engages against the lower face of the nipple or end 12, of the body 10, the portion of the tube .below the fiange extending downwardly therefrom, as seen in the sectional view `Figure 3. The lower end of the tube 15 is externally threaded to receive thereon the adjusting sleeve18.' This sleeve 18 has its upper end formed with a socket 19, in which is disposed the packing 20, held therein, and in firm engagement with the outer face of the tube, by the packing nut 21, which is screwed downwardly into the said socket or recess. The extreme lower end of the tube 15 is closed, and on the sides of the tube are formed the longitudinally extending circular series of` slots 22, through which the water, heated by the steam, issues, The lower end of the sleeve 18 is open and has the innerl wall downwardly and outwardly flared, with the resultantl inwardly extending lip 23, which lies in close proximity to the outer face of the tube 18, and is arranged to move longitudinally of the slots 22, as the sleeve is threaded inwardly and outwardly on. the tube. Theflared face of the sleeve 18 is formed with a plurality of circuinferentially extending grooves 241, against which the water strikes, as it issues from the slots 22, with the result that the water will be broken up into a line spray.

By moving the sleeve 18 upwardly, the slots will be uncovered, sothat more water will issue therefrom, and by turning the sleeve downwardly, the flow of water will be lessened, thereby providing for the control of the stream of water, and for the degree of lineness of the spray.

The inner face of the sleeve 18, inwardly of the lip 23, is formed with anoutwardly bowed circumferential recess or groove, as.

shown at 25, of greater depth andl width than the grooves 24, within which the water is caused to back, when the sleeve is adjusted outwardly, and whereby the flow of the water is retarded.

lVhat is claimed is l 1. spraying device including a body having a steam inlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet, a discharging tube having longitudinal slots in the sides of its discharge end and a flared mouthin its other end adjacent the steam inlet, a steam discharging cone in the steam inlet extending intoand spaced from the flared mouth, anda sleeve adjustable longitudinally on ,the tube and having a flaring mouth and an inwardly directed circumferential lip traversing said slots longitudinally to divide the water issuing from said slot, the sleeve having a circumferential groove inwardly oi: the li and circumferential grooves outwardly the lip.

2. A spraying device including a body having a steam inlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet7 a tube engaged in the outlet and having a flared mouth. a steam discharging cone in the steam inlet extending into and spaced from the said flared mouth, a sleeve longitudinally adjustable on the tube and having' its outer end formed with an outwardly Aflared wall formed with circumferential grooves anl an inner lip dis-posed in close proximity to the end oi the tube, 'the said end of the tube being formed with longitudinal laterally opening slots traversed longitudinally by said lip.

3. A spraying device including a discharge tube having longitudinal slots in the sides ot its discharge end, and a sleeve adjustable longitudinally on the tube and having a liaring mouth and an inwardly directed circumferential lip traversing the slots longitudinally, the sleeve having a circumferential groove inwardly of the lip, and circumiierential grooves outwardly of the lip.

ln testimony whereof, l afliX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EVERETT GUEULE. lWitnesses lVALTER BROWN, J. T. DAVIS. 

